2023: APC refutes endorsing any zoning arrangement

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied a list in circulation claiming to be the resolve of the party on the zoning arrangement ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

The list had gone viral on social media on Wednesday titled, “APC announces zoning arrangement ahead of 2023 election year”.

In that list, the party was stated to have zoned the country’s presidency and senate presidency to the South while its National Chairmanship was zoned to the North.

The list has now been denied by the National Chairman, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Committee Planning, John Akpanudoedehe.

In dismissing the list, Akpanudoedehe stated; “People who are interested in running for one office or the other can speculate. As far as I am concerned, at the last Caretaker Committee meeting we had, we did not discuss that.

“That is not what we are concerned with now. What we are concerned with is data collection, how to collect data without making mistakes.

“We are not going to be pressurized by sentiments and then we do the wrong thing

“Let me say that zoning is not for the Caretaker Committee alone. It has to do with the President, it has to do with other major stakeholders, and it has to do with a lot of people.

“I want to mute the speculation. The list is not from us (Caretaker Committee). There is no way such a decision will be taken without consulting with the President, consulting with the governors and other major stakeholders.

“People should disregard the list. We are focused on delivering our mandate and we are to do it rightly.”